The document summarizes Alibaba Cloud's Create@Alibaba Cloud startup program. It provides free cloud services, technical training, access to investors and incubators in China, and other support to early-stage companies. Startups in the program receive $10,000-$50,000 in cloud credits, dedicated architect support, marketing opportunities, access to events and competitions. Successful applicant startups include a karaoke app and an advertising platform. The program helps startups enter the Chinese market and connects them with the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and other resources.
3. Who are we?
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Create@Alibaba Cloud is a global program
hosted by Alibaba Cloud and is focused on
accelerating business success for Startup companies.
Alibaba Cloud’s comprehensive and innovative
support network includes free cloud services,
technology trainings, insights into the Chinese market,
and an inter-connected ecosystem of venture capital
firms, incubators, accelerators and co-working spaces.
Alibaba Cloud is committed to empowering start-up
companies in 360 degrees to fulfil their potential and
reach their goals.
4. The Program Package
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Free usage $10,000 USD coupon valid for 1 year, or $50,000 USD coupon valid for 2 years, applicable
for any product or service purchase on intl.aliyun.com; and with opportunities to be
awarded $18,000 USD/month coupon.
1:1 support by Architects Dedicated architect to support IT infrastructure design;
1:1 support every 6 weeks in the first year.
Marketing Opportunity to be displayed on Alibaba Cloud’s global website as a use case;
Co-branding with Alibaba Cloud through our online and offline channels as a partner or
guest.
Offline activities Access to free offline workshops/events, global conferences and startup competition
organized by Alibaba Cloud.
Help with the Chinese market
entrance
Opportunities to connect with investors/incubators/co-working spaces in China through
Alibaba networks;
Trainings on Chinese laws, finance & tax regulations;
ICP certificate application support.
Local specialized programs HK: Opportunity to earn the investment from the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund;
Indonesia: Top mobile browser &App Store , UC Browser &9APPS give you up to 1.4 Million
traffic and 40000 downloads daily, and opportunities to co-branding on local
TV/Media/YouTube/Facebook/Brower splash screen.
5. What benefits will the program bring?
“0” Investment on IT
Infrastructure
$10,000 USD funding given to you
can cover the IT cost in the first year.
Professional Cloud Architect Design
The tailor-made IT solutions designed
by our architects will support in
bringing your business up to speed.
1:1 Architect Support
Dedicated post-sales 1-on-1 support
by Alibaba Cloud architects to meet
your requirements.
Co-Branding with Alibaba Cloud
Potential startups are invited to join
our co-branding marketing
campaigns online and offline.
Connect with Alibaba Cloud Startup
Resources Globally
Receive support through our global
startup partners network for funding,
working spaces, incubation resources
and local projects.
Bridge to Enter the China Market
Leveraging on the resources and
expertise of Alibaba in China, Alibaba
Cloud can help to solve the issues in
entering the market.
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6. Startups who use Alibaba Cloud
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Changba is a Karaoke app which functions
as an offline KTV including reverberation
and echo effects to modify and beautify
sounds. It ranked the top app on the 5th
day after its launch on the Apple App Store
in May 2012. Now it has 170,000,000
registered users and 6,500,000 daily users.
“There’re millions of users sending audio,
video and picture requests everyday on
Changba. The Object Storage Service of
AliCloud is efficient, reliable and with
strong management and inquiry functions.
It’s seamless connection with CDN has
ensured our fast and safe data access, also
saved a lot of money on IT costs. We also
tried the Elastic Computing Service of
AliCloud and are satisfied with its reliable
performance.”
ad+platform is a revolutionary intelligent
marketing platform that helps marketing
teams to utilize intelligence to unify, optimize,
measure and execute an entire marketing
strategy with a simple click of a button.
“ad+platform needs to react quickly and be
able to scale in real-time during campaigns.
Alibaba Cloud’s flexibility and scalability in
this area coupled with Alibaba Cloud’s
reliable high-performance and cost-efficiency
were the key drivers for ad+platform‘s
decision to use them. We are looking for
expansion with seamless connection to our
Chinese clients and customers. Alibaba Cloud
provides the best solution for these needs. “
ad+platform ChangbaBeyond
BorderX Lab is a Silicon Valley-based company.
With their mobile marketplace, Beyond-the
5th Avenue in your Pocket, BorderX Lab
provides a one-stop international shopping
experience to customers and also helps some
of the world’s most popular brands, including
Neiman Marcus, Bergdoorf Goodman,
Ashford, Saks, amongst others, to boost
brand awareness and revenue in the Chinese
market.
“Alibaba Cloud’s global and especially strong
presence in China is one main reasons we
chose them. Based on our measurement,
our service availability under a number of
mobile carriers has increased 50%-200%
after switching to Alibaba Cloud’s DNS.”
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11. Go China
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What Go China can help?
1. Workspace from Alliance
Shanghai
Beijing
Shenzhen
2. Business Kick-off
Corporate Registration：Green Lane service for Registration, Bank
account, Tax account, etc
ICP license：one-stop service from Alibaba Cloud for ICP
registration
3. Coming soon
Alibaba platform service: Alipay, Tmall, etc
Gov. Allowance application
Meetup with China Venture Capital
?
!
12. Succeed without Border
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Alibaba Cloud organizes large and small scale competitions and roadshows, to offer the startups opportunities of reaching
out the professional coaching and famous VC funding, and attracting attentions from medias and customers as well.
In 2015 we hosted the national startup competition“Zhushendazhan”which attracted thousands of startups to join, and
8 teams from different cities including HongKong came to Hangzhou to attend the final road show. We also cooperated
with CBN, Ningxia TV, Sina, Youku to launch the startup competition TV show “Yimadangxian”.
In 2016, we will enlarge the scope of the startup competition, and invite startups from Singapore, HongKong, Korea, UK
and Dubai to attend the contest and meet at Hangzhou.
Pic: Startup winners in the Alibaba Cloud Computing Conference in
Hangzhou, China.
Pic: the TV show startup competition we organized in China.
13. Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund
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The Entrepreneurs Fund is a not-for-profit initiative launched by Alibaba Group in 2015 to
help entrepreneurs and young graduates realize their dreams and vision. Two separate
funds have been set up in Hong Kong and Taiwan respectively to support specific
programs in each place.
We have established a HK$1 billion not-for-profit entity, The Hong Kong
Entrepreneurs Fund Limited, to support the career and entrepreneurial aspirations
of young people in Hong Kong.
Through the Investment Program, we aim to help entrepreneurs grow their
businesses on Alibaba’s e-commerce marketplaces and other platforms such as
cloud computing and logistics. Young companies developing technologies or IT
applications that promise to enhance the Alibaba ecosystem are also eligible for
our support, as are small companies that provide useful products and services to
businesses taking part in the ecosystem.
http://www.ent-fund.org
15. Join Process
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Fill the application
form
Submit business
registration copy
Receive
qualification review
feedback in 2-3 weeks
Contact business
development
manager
16. Qualification Requirements
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The company’s country of registration is outside of mainland China.
Officially registered as a company for no more than 5 years.
Not yet a public listed company.
Annual revenue is less than $500,000USD.
Have a clear business model, have innovative products and a good potential to grow.
Not participated in the Alibaba Cloud startup program before.
Already joined an incubator/accelerator/co-working space and received angel investment.
Priority
A member of one of the Alibaba Cloud’s startup program partners.
Not yet an Alibaba Cloud user.
17. Partner with us
We sincerely invite companies who qualified with the criterions below, to partner with us together to provide the funding,
technical aids, ability trainings and networking supports to potential startups. Moreover, you can connect with more
resources through our platform, and customize the cooperation with us to help with your business success.
- Partners can be incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces, seed/VC capitals， governments and other startup organizations.
- Registered as a company for over 2 years and has a clear development strategy and operation staff. Able to provide professional services to
startups.
- Incubators/Accelerators/Co-work spaces/Startup hubs should have over 10 startups joining/working/registered in your space/organization.
- Partners will be expected to recommend startups to join the AliCloud startup program and screen their qualifications to make sure they
match the credentials.
- Has not previously been managed by, received investment from, or signed exclusive cooperation agreements with other companies running
cloud computing businesses.
Pls contact Alibaba Cloud local offices or send email to Aliyunstartup@list.alibaba-inc.com to discuss cooperation.
